Trivial resources problem (beginner)

I'm just doing some experimentation to learn the ins and outs of resources
in .NET and am having a minor problem (OS=Win2000). I've prepared both an
"en-US" subdirectory and an "en-CA" subdirectory (Canada) under my app's
main directory. Anyone know how to change the locale via the control panel
in order to pick up "en-CA". I just want to see this in action only. The
default culture is "en-US" so I have no problem retrieving a string from the
"en-US" subdirectory. However, after changing everything imaginable to
Canada in the control panel (under "Regional Options"), I can't make it pick
up the Canadian version of the string. The string still originates from
"en-US". Any ideas? Thanks.

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You can programatically force a thread to use a particular culture. In
addition, I'd still like to stress the difference between the CurrentCulture
and CurrentUICulture - make sure you use the right one.

"Larry Smith" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm just doing some experimentation to learn the ins and outs of resources
> in .NET and am having a minor problem (OS=Win2000). I've prepared both an
> "en-US" subdirectory and an "en-CA" subdirectory (Canada) under my app's
> main directory. Anyone know how to change the locale via the control panel
> in order to pick up "en-CA". I just want to see this in action only. The
> default culture is "en-US" so I have no problem retrieving a string from
the
> "en-US" subdirectory. However, after changing everything imaginable to
> Canada in the control panel (under "Regional Options"), I can't make it
pick
> up the Canadian version of the string. The string still originates from
> "en-US". Any ideas? Thanks.
>
>

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> Larry,
>
> You can programatically force a thread to use a particular culture. In
> addition, I'd still like to stress the difference between the
CurrentCulture
> and CurrentUICulture - make sure you use the right one.
>
> Here's an article that might help (mind the line wraps):
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
l/cpconbestpracticesforglobalapplicationdesign.asp

Thanks for the feedback. I am aware of the "CultureInfo" class and changing
things on the fly does pick up my Canadian string. I don't understand why it
doesn't work via the control panel however. I've made the appropriate change
(as best as I can tell) but it still picks up the U.S. string. Maybe it's
just the U.S. asserting its (usual) dominance over Canada Good thing it's
not a French or German string! Any ideas?

"Larry Smith" <> wrote in message news:<>...
> > Larry,
> >
> > You can programatically force a thread to use a particular culture. In
> > addition, I'd still like to stress the difference between the
> CurrentCulture
> > and CurrentUICulture - make sure you use the right one.
> >
> > Here's an article that might help (mind the line wraps):
> >
> >
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/htm
> l/cpconbestpracticesforglobalapplicationdesign.asp
>
> Thanks for the feedback. I am aware of the "CultureInfo" class and changing
> things on the fly does pick up my Canadian string. I don't understand why it
> doesn't work via the control panel however. I've made the appropriate change
> (as best as I can tell) but it still picks up the U.S. string. Maybe it's
> just the U.S. asserting its (usual) dominance over Canada Good thing it's
> not a French or German string! Any ideas?
Possibly the control panel needs to reload the culture changes which
could mean a reboot. I have always wanted to know why an installing
program or changes to a desktop almost always require a reboot. If I
am out of line on my thinking I am sure someone will point out the
error of my ways.

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